Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Sakata INX Corporation

11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

3
Hard (27%)
8
Medium (73%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (64%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (27%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

7
Life Sciences
64% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
27% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHAH, MANISH S 2 85.9% +7.6%
BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 2 56.6% +41.3%
MUSSER, BARBARA J 1 70.9% +27.3%
DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1 44.5% -14.4%
YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1 54.4% +15.4%
SWEENEY, LAURA MARTIN 1 81.6% +20.6%
DESAI, ANISH P 1 44.8% +7.5%
GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1 63.8% +8.7%
HALL, DEVE V. 1 75.0% +16.9%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18695283 INK COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INKJET PRINTING SHAH, MANISH S
18858091 NON-AQUEOUS INKJET INK COMPOSITION SHAH, MANISH S
18695148 INK COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INKJET PRINTING SWEENEY, LAURA MARTIN

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18724535 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED BODY MUSSER, BARBARA J 29d
18567227 ANTI-MIGRATION COATING AGENT DESAI, ANISH P
18547326 WHITE INK COMPOSITION GOLOBOY, JAMES C

Interview Candidates (6)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18264883 WHITE INK COMPOSITION HALL, DEVE V. 2d overdue
18702728 CONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION YOUNG, WILLIAM D 22d
18262321 METAL PRINTING INK COMPOSITION AND METHOD USING SAME FOR REDUCING MISTING DURING PRINTING BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 26d
17297104 ELECTRON BEAM CURABLE WATER-BASEDINK-JET INK COMPOSITION BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 26d
18724535 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED BODY MUSSER, BARBARA J 29d
18695148 INK COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INKJET PRINTING SWEENEY, LAURA MARTIN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1731 2
2853 1
1746 1
1788 1
1761 1
1771 1
1763 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18695283 INK COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INKJET PRINTING SHAH, MANISH S §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2025
18858091 NON-AQUEOUS INKJET INK COMPOSITION SHAH, MANISH S 2853 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18724535 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED BODY MUSSER, BARBARA J 1746 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18713680 LAMINATE HAVING RELEASING PRIMER COMPOSITION LAYERS DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1788 §112DP Final Rejection Pending May 27, 2024
18702728 CONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1761 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Apr 18, 2024
18695148 INK COMPOSITION FOR ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE INKJET PRINTING SWEENEY, LAURA MARTIN §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18567227 ANTI-MIGRATION COATING AGENT DESAI, ANISH P §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18547326 WHITE INK COMPOSITION GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2023
18264883 WHITE INK COMPOSITION HALL, DEVE V. 1763 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
18262321 METAL PRINTING INK COMPOSITION AND METHOD USING SAME FOR REDUCING MISTING DURING PRINTING BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1731 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jul 20, 2023
17297104 ELECTRON BEAM CURABLE WATER-BASEDINK-JET INK COMPOSITION BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 26, 2021

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